Raids: Rangers kill suspected gang member in Lyari encounter

Police claim to have arrested a dozen suspects from Manghopir.

KARACHI: An alleged gang member, involved in an attack on Rangers personnel was shot dead by the paramilitary force in Lyari on Sunday. Meanwhile, a dozen other suspects were detained during a targeted raid by the police in Manghopir.

The alleged member of a Lyari-based gang was killed during an encounter with the Rangers in Lyari. The encounter took place during an overnight targeted raid in Rangi Wara at the gangsters’ suspected hideout. According to the Rangers spokesperson, the suspects opened fire at the personnel in a bid to escape as soon as they reached the hideout. In the retaliatory fire by the Rangers, one of the suspects was killed while his companions managed to escape.

The Rangers spokesperson added that the deceased was later identified as Salman, who was associated with the Uzair Jan Baloch gang. He claimed that Salman was involved in numerous cases of killings, kidnapping for ransom and attack on a Rangers mobile on February 14, earlier this year. Weapons were also seized from the hideout.

Separately, around one dozen suspects were detained during a targeted raid conducted by the police in various parts of Manghopir. During the operation, the entire area of Pakhtunabad, Manghopir, was cordoned off of the vicinity for the duration of the operation that lasted at least two hours.

Around two hundred police officials, personnel and commandos took part in the operation. Police detained around one dozen suspects during the operation. The detainees included suspected militants, who were shifted to an undisclosed location for further questioning.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 13^th, 2014.